Maize
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Kenya shifts focus to irrigation as the solution to food security, targets 3M acres by 2030
KENYA – The government of Kenya has announced plans to put three million acres of land under irrigation farming by 2030 in an effort to…
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Cyclone Freddy claims 2,000 hectares of crops in Mozambique as Zimbabwe donates 300 tonnes of maize meal to Malawian victims
MOZAMBIQUE – The floods brought by tropical cyclone Freddy to the central Mozambican province of Manica have caused the loss of almost 2,000 hectares of…
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South Africa to produce 15.88M tonnes of corn in 2023: Crop Estimates Committee forecasts
SOUTH AFRICA – South African farmers are expected to harvest 2.65% more maize in the 2022/2023 season compared with the previous season, according to the…
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Zambia to promote community sales in a bid to stabilize the skyrocketing price of maize meal
ZAMBIA – The Zambian government has taken a step forward to cushion shortage of the corn grain and stabilize the price of mealie meal by…
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Tanzania anticipates higher corn, rice yields in 2023/24 as wheat production declines: USDA
TANZANIA – Foreign Agricultural Service of the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) forecasts better yields for Tanzania’s corn and rice underpinned by high international prices.…